morn

[ mawrn ]

/ mɔrn /

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noun Literary.

Nearby words

morley, thomas, mormon, mormon cricket, mormons, mormyrid, morn, mornay, morning, morning after, morning after, the, morning coat

Origin of morn

before 900; Middle English morn(e), Old English morne (dative of morgen morning); cognate with Dutch, German Morgen

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Examples from the Web for morn

He found the days very long without a sight of his sister's face from morn till eve.
Her Benny|Silas Kitto Hocking
After this, Stephen sang night and morn and midday the songs he had sung—and Calote with him—in the year of pilgrimage.
Long Will|Florence Converse
What's five shillin then, when we've eight paand ten to pay to morn?
Yorkshire Tales. Third Series|John Hartley
Out of the brooding darkness was born the first timid blush of the morn.
Colorado Jim|George Goodchild

The Greek girl strained her eyes to penetrate the mist; in this she was assisted by the growing light of the morn.
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks|Bracebridge Hemyng

British Dictionary definitions for morn

morn

/ (mɔːn) /

noun

a poetic word for morning

the morn Scot tomorrow

the morn's nicht Scot tomorrow night

Word Origin for morn

Old English morgen; compare Old High German morgan, Old Norse morginn

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morn

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morn

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